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Book was torn at the spine, and had stickers on it (I assume it used to be a library book?
GD
31 January 2013
Japanese Pop Culture Book Review
I'm glad I got this book.
AC
30 July 2011
Learn about Japans biggest pop culture events from the '50s to the late '90s!
This book is a really interesting read if your curious about Japan.
QX
24 August 2009
A really great primer on Japanese pop culture covering fifty-years from the end of World War II... but which is becoming dated
I read this book back when I was a university student.
LF
28 February 2008
Obviously a labor of love...
This is such a great read - I live in Japan and thought it would get me in touch with the people around me.
UI
11 January 2005
Japan is always not anime culture.
Everybody of the world may know Hayao Miyazaki's animation movies because his movie won an Academy Award.
NS
11 April 2003
pop culture encyclopedia = contradiction in terms
It's not possible.
QR
12 December 2000
A good attempt
Before you purchase this book, as yourself, "when have I ever seen a review of popular culture that covered everything?
VT
27 October 2000
Japanese popular culture you might not know about
Instead of cataloging the people and subcultures on the commercial fringe that Americans and other non-Japanese may be more familiar with, Schilling takes care to give the reader a broad view of actual Japanese pop culture from the post-WWII period through the mid-nineties.
Customer reviews (10)
I liked it, but...
Book was torn at the spine, and had stickers on it (I assume it used to be a library book?
Japanese Pop Culture Book Review
I'm glad I got this book.
Learn about Japans biggest pop culture events from the '50s to the late '90s!
This book is a really interesting read if your curious about Japan.
A really great primer on Japanese pop culture covering fifty-years from the end of World War II... but which is becoming dated
I read this book back when I was a university student.
Obviously a labor of love...
This is such a great read - I live in Japan and thought it would get me in touch with the people around me.
Japan is always not anime culture.
Everybody of the world may know Hayao Miyazaki's animation movies because his movie won an Academy Award.
pop culture encyclopedia = contradiction in terms
It's not possible.
A good attempt
Before you purchase this book, as yourself, "when have I ever seen a review of popular culture that covered everything?
Japanese popular culture you might not know about
Instead of cataloging the people and subcultures on the commercial fringe that Americans and other non-Japanese may be more familiar with, Schilling takes care to give the reader a broad view of actual Japanese pop culture from the post-WWII period through the mid-nineties.
Terrible
This book is a disgrace to Japanese pop culture.